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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Browser Wars Part 1


So there is a review about this everywhere... doesnt mean i shouldnt be writing one isnt it.....
The most frequently asked question in the internet world today is ... WHICH IS THE BEST BROWSER!!!!...
and ill certainly provide you with an answer, if not an answer, a comparison so you can choose what you want...

Note: All thoughts expressed here are personal. You might like it or not like it. These are just recommendations.

There was a time i know when the word browser pointed to Internet Explorer and Internet Explorer only... well maybe Netscape Navigator(yeah .. dont search for it online ... they stopped making it.. its OUT.... ). Then later i remember using Opera which looked way better than the internet explorer 6 and had a lot of options as well...
But ever since the time when mozilla released its MOZILLA FIREFOX... there has been browsers coming out competing for their share of space in our hard drives...
Here are some of the major browsers listed in my order of liking..

1) Mozilla Firefox
2) Google Chrome
3) Opera
4) Safari
5) Avant
6) Internet Explorer
7) Maxthon
8) Sea Monkey

I wish Microsoft would stop making internet explorer. Somehow it always ends up the least favorite no matter how many chances i give it. I end up going back to my good old powerful firefox.

Google Chrome:
Although many prefer Google Chrome i personally dont feel like using it. Dont know why. But i feel like a much more powerful user of the web when i use Firefox. But what i like about google chrome as in any google product is SIMPLICITY. Everything is as simple as THAT. The interface is clean and only the things that you need are there before you (all the basic tasks), the rest are there somewhere. Most people dont even need these options. Now this is where it hits me. I dont like things that are too simple. I like complicated as well. So using Mozilla makes me feel more of a tech savvy person.

Pros
1) Very simple interface
2) Fast and Secure
3) Great Looks
4) Ease of Use

Cons
1) Too simple
2) Not enough addons as of now

Mozilla Firefox
Guess ive already spoke a lot about the firefox even on other headings, apologies, but thats how much i like it.
What i like in the Firefox...
1) Millions of addons to do what ever you want...
2) Personas to make look like how you want it to look.
3) Secure and Fast
4) Options options and options
5) Open Source

Addons:
Addons are something that is really great about the firefox. They keep coming and coming. Some of my personal favourites are..
1) Delicious - Online Bookmarking service from Yahoo!
2) Download Helper - To download videos from any where and save it in flv or mp4. The best out there as of now.
3) Fast Dial - the first time i saw it, it was in opera, and mozilla's got it now. Check mozilla's website for more info.
4) Download them all - Download Accelerator for Mozilla, Really Good.
5) Stumble Upon - Personally love this one, If u like Browsing the web learning new stuff, Please install this add on... You will love it...
6) Scribe Fire - For those prolific bloggers.

What i don like about the firefox...
Probably the only thing that i dont like about the firefox is that it slows down when u start adding addons continously and also as the installation ages. I dont know why it happens but it does. I thought it was my processor or somethin with my pc. But its not. This is my personal opinion. You might want to clear this up with some one else.

To be continued

3 comments:

  1. very informative...
    I would love to hear abt the explorer latest version

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  2. U misssed COMET BIRD browser da...its an excellent browser next to mozilla

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  3. @Praveen... Yeah... still didnt test it out yet.. I heard the 9th version is pretty cool..

    @Livingston .... Yeah its a good browser...but its not a main stream browser da.. for example there is a browser called CHROMIUM which looks exactly like CHROME but its not main stream because it was MADE FROM THE CHROME's code (but some people say Google Chrome was made from chrome.. dunno which one is true).. so . comet bird too, the same thing, it was made from firefox's code by some people so that it meets their demand..... so its not the main one...

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